Picture-perfect?

I am a she-hulk when I am stressed. Oh yes, I realise that. I realise that very much indeed. I wouldn't say that I have it under control to realise that I am not under-control during a situation. The way it affects people around me and my relationships and also how my number-on-the-weight-scale isn't showing any kind of improvement (yeah, I lose weight when I am stressed and the binging really doesn't help) is how I believe that it is actually happening to me.

I am under stress. And I am sick of it. That ‘sick’ is due to the stress, mind you. Ordinarily, I don’t get sick too often. I like to take things in their respective flow, lay back and let life do its course. But recently, the pressure of the many elements that surround the planning of a wedding-my wedding-and the impending future pressure of setting up a home, of filling it with love and care (so dramatic!), of finding the right job (if ever there is such a thing), of knitting two families together (that maybe strictly Indianised, I think-courtesy 2 States), etcetra, etcetra is taking its toll on how I respond to situations.

It’s easier to blame this emotional strain because I really can’t blame anyone else. But then again, it’s not like I asked for this kind of a mental and emotional pressure. It is part of the wedding package, if I may, and as I said before, I need to take it as it comes.

Your life-partner is the result of you wishing that you could find someone as supportive, as loving and as annoying as how your parents are to each other. His/her family are the extra sweet deal. So then, why the stress? It’s just there. It will always be there. But you need to work past it and find your personal stress-busters.

Me writing this was an idea to help me bust the stress. It’s working. A bit. I guess I need to keep on writing.

But the truest and an undeniable stress-buster for any kind of situation-be it your wedding or trying to find that ever out-of-stock J.D.Robb novel (I admit I am a huge fan!)- is to be thankful for what and who you have in your life. The people who are with you and the people you are to meet in the path of your blessed life (pun intended) are the fundamentals of having an anxiety-free life. They will be with you, no matter how or what gets you mad and that being-there-for-you part is a given. All the bits and pieces that constitute your life come from them and you being thankful for them is how you show your gratitude.

Show your gratitude and live a stress-free life.

And oh-have a picture-perfect wedding!

Thank you.